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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6149.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6149.5
(a) Upon the payment of one hundred dollars ($100) or more in settlement of any third-party liability claim the insurer shall provide written notice to the claimant if both of the following apply: (1) The claimant is a natural person. (2) The payment is delivered to the claimant’
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6150
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6150
This article is a part of Chapter 4 of this division of the Business and Professions Code, but the phrase “this chapter” as used in Chapter 4 does not apply to the provisions of this article unless expressly made applicable.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6151
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6151
As used in this article: (a) A runner or capper is any person, firm, association or corporation acting for consideration in any manner or in any capacity as an agent for an attorney at law or law firm, whether the attorney or any member of the law firm is admitted in California o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6152
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6152
(a) It is unlawful for: (1) Any person, in an individual capacity or in a capacity as a public or private employee, or for any firm, corporation, partnership or association to act as a runner or capper for any attorneys or to solicit any business for any attorneys in and about th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6153
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6153
(a) A person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation violating subdivision (a) of Section 6152 is punishable, upon a first conviction, by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or by both tha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6154
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6154
(a) Any contract for professional services secured by any attorney at law or law firm in this state through the services of a runner or capper is void. In any action against any attorney or law firm under the Unfair Practices Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000) of Divi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6155
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6155
(a) An individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other nongovernmental entity shall not operate for the direct or indirect purpose, in whole or in part, of referring potential clients to attorneys, and no attorney shall accept a referral of such potential clients,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6155.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6155.1
(a) Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity, including, but not limited to, any person or entity having an ownership interest in a lawyer referral service, that engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in violations of Section 6155, shall be liab
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6156
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6156
(a) No attorney licensed or otherwise authorized to practice in this state shall share legal fees directly or indirectly with an out-of-state alternative business structure unless all of the following apply: (1) The attorney is also licensed in the state in which the alternative
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6156.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6156.5
(a) Any person may bring a civil action for a violation of Section 6155 for the following remedies: (1) Statutory damages of a minimum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) up to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per violation or three times the amount of actual da
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157
As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advertise” means to engage in any communication constituting an advertisement. (b) “Advertisement” means any communication, through any written, recorded, or electronic means, whether available to, or directed general
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.1
No advertisement shall contain any false, misleading, or deceptive statement or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of circumstances under which they are made, not false, misleading, or deceptive.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.2
(a) An advertisement shall not contain or refer to any of the following: (1) A guarantee or warranty of success regarding the outcome of a legal matter as a result of representation by the licensee. (2) Statements or symbols stating that the licensee featured in the advertisement
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.3
Any advertisement made on behalf of a licensee, which is not paid for by the licensee, shall disclose any business relationship, past or present, between the licensee and the person paying for the advertisement.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.4
Any advertisement that is created or disseminated by a lawyer referral service shall disclose whether the attorneys on the organization’s referral list, panel, or system, paid any consideration, other than a proportional share of actual cost, to be included on that list, panel, o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6157.5
(a) All advertisements published, distributed, or broadcasted by or on behalf of a licensee seeking professional employment for the licensee in providing services relating to immigration or naturalization shall include a statement that he or she is an active licensee of the State
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158
In advertising by electronic media, to comply with Sections 61571.1 and 6157.2, the message as a whole may not be false, misleading, or deceptive, and the message as a whole must be factually substantiated. The message means the effect in combination of the spoken word, sound, ba
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.1
There shall be a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that the following messages are false, misleading, or deceptive within the meaning of Section 6158: (a) A message as to the ultimate result of a specific case or cases presented out of context with
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.2
The following information shall be presumed to be in compliance with this article for purposes of advertising by electronic media, provided the message as a whole is not false, misleading, or deceptive: (a) Name, including name of law firm, names of professional associates, addre
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.3
In addition to any disclosure required by Section 6157.2, Section 6157.3, and the Rules of Professional Conduct, the following disclosure shall appear in advertising by electronic media. Use of the following disclosure alone may not rebut any presumption created in Section 6158.1
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.4
(a) Any person claiming a violation of Section 6157.2, 6158, 6158.1, or 6158.3 may file a complaint with the State Bar that states the name of the advertiser, a description of the advertisement claimed to violate these sections, and that specifically identifies the alleged violat
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.5
(a) This article applies to all lawyers, licensees, law partnerships, law corporations, entities subject to regulation under Section 6155, advertising collectives, cooperatives, or other individuals, including nonlawyers, or groups advertising the availability of legal services.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6158.7
A violation of Section 6157.1, subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 6157.2, or Section 6157.3, 6158, 6158.1, or 6158.3 by a licensee shall be cause for discipline by the State Bar. In addition to the existing grounds for initiating a disciplinary proceeding set forth in a statute or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159
The court shall report the name, address, and professional license number of any person found in violation of this article to the appropriate professional licensing agency for review and possible disciplinary action.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6159.1
A true and correct copy of any advertisement made by a person or licensee shall be retained for one year by the person or licensee who pays for an advertisement soliciting employment of legal services.